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Adella Martinez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0582
Abstract

A former resident of Cook's Point, Davenport, whose parents emigrated from Mexico to the United States in the early 1900s.

Dates: 1922-2005

Basilisa Herrera papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0868
Abstract

Mexican immigrant to Iowa in the 1910s, member of the Cook's Point community in Davenport, and matriarch of a large family.

Dates: 1924-2003

Ernest Rodriguez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0784
Abstract

Davenport civil rights and Chicano activist, born in the predominantly Mexican settlement of Holy City in Bettendorf, Iowa.

Dates: 1910-2014

Latino Native American Cultural Center records

 Collection
Identifier: RG02.0003.007
Dates: 1971 - 2008

League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Council 10 (Davenport, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0733
Abstract

The members of Davenport LULAC Council 10 engaged in a wide range of social and political activities including annual fiestas, civil rights and fair housing.

Dates: 1932-2019

Lucy and Henry Vargas papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0886
Abstract

Mexican American activists from Davenport, Iowa.

Dates: 1930-2013

Manuel and David Macias papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0887
Abstract

Brothers who emigrated to Bettendorf, Iowa, from Zacatecas, Mexico, in 1914 and 1915.



Arrangement

The full extent of the Manuel and David Macias collection is preserved in the Iowa Digital Library.

Dates: 1890-2009

Mary Vasquez Olvera papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0559
Abstract

Davenport, Iowa, woman whose parents came to Iowa from Mexico in the 1910s.

Dates: 1923-2003

Patricia Peterson Wiese papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0810
Abstract

English as a Second Language teacher in West Liberty, Iowa.

Dates: 1978-2010

Sigma Lambda Beta records

 Collection
Identifier: RG02.0003.044
Scope and Contents

The Sigma Lambda Beta Records include administrative documents, meeting notes and agendas from organizational events, newspapers and magazines that featured the fraternity, various documents from affiliated chapters of Sigma Lambda Beta, photographs of members, and artifacts. The majority of these records contain materials pertaining to the greater international organization of Sigma Lambda Beta and documents from affiliated organizations. Documents in the collection pertaining directly to the University of Iowa include original member certificates, news coverage of the University of Iowa chapter, various administrative documents, and photographs from the fraternity's founding in 1986 to 2011.

Dates: 1986 - 2011

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Iowa Women's Archives 8
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League of United Latin American Citizens. Council 10 (Davenport, Iowa) 3
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Vargas, Henry (1929-2021) 2
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 1
Herrera family 1